IN THE EARLY PAGES OF HIS MEMOIR, Hole in the Sky, William Kittredge writes about his grandfather: “He built a white house with a formal parlor and a polished staircase. Then the well went dry, so he jacked up the house, set it on rollers...
A short story by Caroline Patterson...
THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF SEASONAL CERTAINTIES in the Northern Rockies, a reassuring list of essential occasions that keep swinging around, year to year. Spring brandings come to mind, as do small-town rodeos on the Fourth of July, winter skijoring, and that one annual ice fishing...
Exploring a Backcountry Paradise on Horseback...
AT A TRAIN DEPOT IN LIVINGSTON, MONTANA, photographer Ansel Adams slept fitfully on a wooden bench, 280 pounds of camera equipment piled next to him. It was June 11, 1942, and his train had arrived at 2:15 a.m. He was waiting for dawn, to get on...
At his Billings gastropub, Local Kitchen & Bar, chef Travis Stimpson combines Montana ranch roots with savory sophistication...
A search for solitude, and a consideration of new methods, on one of Montana’s classic fisheries...
A transitional approach to a Western classic accommodates a growing family...
Missoula’s Peter Barberio has been making and maintaining stringed instruments in the Garden City for 40 years...
When the National Park Service emerged as a new federal agency in the Interior Department 100 years ago on August 25, 1916, nobody in Montana took much notice. It did not make the front pages of the local newspapers — or even the back pages....